Australian heroes and adventurers . i^ CHAPTER V. THE DIGGERS LICENSE. Let active laws apply the needful curb,To guard the peace that riot would disturb ;And Liberty, preserved from wild excess,Shall raise no feuds for armies to suppress. —COWPER. ANOTHER and greater grievance which dailystirred up strife between the diggers and theCommissioners was the gold-diggers Hcense. Thecollecting of the license fee was from the first aninvidious duty, which demanded a vast deal of tact onthe part of the Commissioners and staff, for thediggers were always opposed to the tax, and manywere the ruses they
Australian heroes and adventurers . i^ CHAPTER V. THE DIGGERS LICENSE. Let active laws apply the needful curb,To guard the peace that riot would disturb ;And Liberty, preserved from wild excess,Shall raise no feuds for armies to suppress. —COWPER. ANOTHER and greater grievance which dailystirred up strife between the diggers and theCommissioners was the gold-diggers Hcense. Thecollecting of the license fee was from the first aninvidious duty, which demanded a vast deal of tact onthe part of the Commissioners and staff, for thediggers were always opposed to the tax, and manywere the ruses they adopted to escape its payment. The first skirmish in connection with this imposttook place at the Golden Point, Ballarat. Thediggers at the Point understood that no tax wouldbe charged for the month of September 1852, as theGovernment wished to encourage prospecting on newgold-fields. But the Commissioners, on arriving atGolden Point, perceived by the general appearance ofcheerfulness that the field was yielding good returns. 9 i
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